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1955 Emmy Awards
Best Dramatic SeriesProducers' Showcase (NBC)Best Actor, Continuing PerformancePhil Silvers, Phil Silvers Show, You'll Never Get RichBest Actress, Continuing PerformanceLucille Ball, I Love…Black Baseball Players
Notable African-American Baseball Players Satchel Paige Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…Brewer's: Canon
The canons used to be those persons who resided in the buildings contiguous to the cathedral, employed either in the daily service, or in the education of the choristers. The word is Greek…Brewer's: Ascension Day
or Holy Thursday. The day set apart by the Catholic and Anglican Church to commemorate the ascent of our Lord from earth to heaven. Formerly it was customary to beat the bounds of each…Brewer's: Birchin Lane
I must send you to Birchin Lane, i.e. whip you. The play is on birch (a rod). A suit in Birchin Lane. Birchin Lane was once famous for all sorts of apparel; references to second-hand…Men's Olympic 400-Meter Individual Medley
1964 Dick Roth, United States 4:45.40 1968 Charles Hickox, United States 4:48.40 1972 Gunnar Larsson, Sweden 4:31.98 1976 Rod Strachan, United States 4:…Baseball America Coach of the Year
Baseball America Coach of the Year Presented to the College Coach of the Year since 1981 by Baseball America. Multiple winners: Skip Bertman, Augie Garrido, Dave Snow and Gene Stephenson (2).…Brewer's: Hanging
Hanging and wiving go by destiny. “If a man is doomed to be hanged, he will never be drowned.” And “marriages are made in heaven,” we are told. If matrimony and hanging go By destny, why…Brewer's: Herculean Knot
A snaky complication on the rod or caduceus of Mercury, adopted by the Grecian brides as the fastening of their woollen girdles, which only the bridegroom was allowed to untie when the…Brewer's: Gregorian Tree
The gallows; so named from three successive hangmen—Gregory, sen., Gregory, jun., and Gregory Brandon. Sir William Segar, Garter Knight of Arms, granted a coat of arms to Gregory Brandon…Trending
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